GateHouse News Service New England Budget  August 28, 2008

Thursday

Aug 28, 2008 at 12:01 AMAug 28, 2008 at 12:27 PM

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com.

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com. Please submit stories below no later than 6 p.m. local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly. Questions?

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News

BIG YEAR FOR BABY DIAMONDBACKS - Naturalists at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary are welcoming the arrival of hundreds of baby diamondback terrapins, who have begun poking their wee heads out of their eggshells in nests scattered across Wellfleet and Eastham.
Provincetown Banner, Lum, on wire now
With photo

LONG-LOST BOSTON POST CANE RECLAIMED IN LEXINGTON – Elaine and Sam Doran found the 1909-era Boston Post Cane, a treasure on which the Minuteman Cane Award was founded, at the Munroe Tavern.
Lexington Minuteman, on wire now
With photo

HELP INCREASING FOR PEOPLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF ALZHEIMER’S - The Alzheimer’s Association is increasing its programs to help people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Ledger, Scheible, on wire now
With video links, fact box, sidebar and photo

JUDGE ORDERS LAWYER TO PAY UP FOR FREE HEAT - Long-time Cambridge lawyer Paul Gargano is appealing a recent court ruling alleging he stole $67,000 worth of heat from his building at 4 Canal Park.
CNC, Fennimore, on wire now

PSYCHEDELIC JALOPY TURNS HEADS IN SALEM - Ali Weaver is cruising. She’s got the windows rolled down, the radio turned up and she’s steering her 1989 Dodge Dynasty around town like any 19-year-old might do on an afternoon off. But it’s not every day people see an old jalopy covered from stem to stern in psychedelic graffiti.
CNC, D'Agostino, on wire now
With photos

‘SURVIVOR’ WINNER GIVES KICK TO AIDS FIGHT - “Survivor” star and pro soccer player Ethan Zohn made a stop in Hingham during “Dribble 2008,” the soccer-ball-dribbling trek he’s making from Boston to Washington, D.C. Zohn is trying to raise money to fight AIDS in Africa.
Ledger, Goulart, on wire now
With photos

Business

ANGLERS' GROUP SEEKS BAN ON COMMERCIAL BASS FISHING - Should striped bass be available to all types of fishermen, commercial and recreational? Or should it be enjoyed by one exclusive group?
Provincetown Banner, Lum, on wire now
With photo

CAPE SUMMER WORKER SHORTAGE HAD LITTLE IMPACT ON BUSINESS - Finding summer help proved to be easier than businesses thought it would be, even though there were fewer H2-B visa workers available this summer.
CNC, Desroches, on wire now

MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS IN BRIEF - Clean Harbors CEO Alan McKim and family donate $500,000 to South Shore Hospital; fishermen on tap for federal assistance.
Ledger, on wire now

Opinions

LLOYD GARVER: LEAVE SPORTS ALONE - I want to discuss two developments in the world of sports. One probably makes sense, but I don't like it. The other is ridiculous, and maybe a little ugly. Major League Baseball has decided to try out video replay to help umpires make certain decisions, and the women's golf has decided that all members must be able to "effectively communicate in English" by 2009 or face suspension. I'll bet you can guess which of these two decisions ticks me off the most.
On wire now

EDITORIAL: IT’S NOT JUST AMERICA’S GAME - Women’s professional golf, while not on par in terms of popularity with the men’s tour, is an international game with tournaments and players from around the world.
Ledger, on wire now

BRAMSON: CELEBRATE WOMEN LEADERS TODAY - This has been a week of milestones - for women, for Americans. Eighty-eight years after the hard fought battle for women's suffrage was won, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton stood before her party's nominating convention, as the woman who has come closest to becoming an American presidential nominee, and endorsed the first African-American nominee for president of the United States.
MetroWest, guest column

GAUTHIER: A VOTE FOR THE CHILDREN - Michelle Obama was chosen to speak on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, and I wondered why. She's never held an elected political office. She's never been appointed to a political office. Conventions are meant for politicians, aren't they?
MetroWest, on wire now

PETER CHIANCA: WE NEED EXERCISE, NO BUTTS ABOUT IT - Of all the relatively unpleasant moments you may experience during a physical, nothing beats stepping on the scale and seeing that little metal slide explode into the stratosphere. “Surely that can’t all be me,” you think, certain that you’ve accidentally left a bowling ball or a small terrier somewhere on your person.
CNC, on wire now
With art

FRANK MULLIGAN: PUMP UP GAS SAVINGS – NO FUELING - Gas prices have declined of late, which is good news for those of us who enjoy having money.
CNC, on wire now

Sports

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Lifestyles

STOUGHTON AUTHOR - AND TRUCK DRIVER - PUBLISHES 10TH NOVEL - Perseverance and dedication have finally paid off for Stoughton resident Henry Gravelle. Gravelle recently had his 10th novel, The Bamboo Heart, published. He also had the rights to another of his books, The Igloo Boys, optioned by a California film production company.
Stoughton Journal, Foley, on wire now
WITH PHOTO

DOO-WOP CONCERT TO BOOST CANTON'S PROWSE FARM PROJECT - If you want to find out who “put the bop in the bop she bop she bop” or who put the “dip in the dip de dip de dip,” you’ll want to be at Prowse Farm in Canton on Sept. 13. Friends of Prowse Farm group member Harvey Robbins said the grounds will play host to an outdoor concert, featuring a host of renowned doo-wop artists.
Canton Journal, Jacobson, on wire now
With photos

BEER NUT: BEERS SAIL FROM CLIPPER CITY TO MASSACHUSETTS - Baltimore is one of my favorite places to vacation and an underrated beer town.
MetroWest, on wire now

KING RICHARD’S FAIRE RETURNS FOR ITS 27TH SEASON - Visitors can travel back in time to the Renaissance starting this weekend as King Richard’s Faire kicks off its 27th season. Stage performers and staff roam 80 acres in Carver dressed in period costumes and staying in character. Spectators often arrive in costume, too.
Ledger, Dreyfus, on wire now
With photos

TRENCH ART 'FORGED IN FIRE, BLOOD AND DESTRUCTION' - Considering his military background, it is no surprise Peter Harvell prefers collecting art made from artillery shells and bayonets to paintings of pastel pansies or Impressionist haystacks.
MetroWest, Bergeron, on wire now
With photos

LITERARY EVENT LIVES AGAIN AT NEW WORCESTER VENUE - At Jumpin’ Juice & Java in Worcester, poetry is read, shouted, and slammed in more ways than one on Sunday evenings.
CNC, Smith, on wire now
With photos

WOODSTOCK FAIR BRINGS GRANDIOSE CLOSE TO SUMMER - But the heart of the fair, which is in its 148th year, remains in its local people. Sponsored by the Windham Agricultural Society, it is a labor of love that evolves as it remains steadfast to its agricultural heritage.
Norwich, Howard, on wire now
With photo

LENNON’S ART ASKS THAT WE ALL ‘COME TOGETHER’ - It’s been 28 years since John Lennon was shot to death in Manhattan, but his influence lives on in so many ways including a traveling exhibition of his artwork in Provincetown.
Provincetown Banner, Harrison, on wire now
With photos

IN TIGHT TIMES, CAPE COD REMAINS THE PLACE FOR WEDDINGS - In the current economic climate, many couples are looking for ways to cut corners without sacrificing the charm and ambiance the Cape has to offer.
CNC, Skala, on wire now
With sidebars and photo